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This week on the show we sit down with Seward based musician Jonathan Le Shana who performs under the name Everwalden! We chat about his musical jo...

Bought by KHNS, KTNA, KNBA, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
✨ Ever wondered who decides what goes into a dictionary? 樂 Join us here on PRX as we dive into the untold stories behind the pages with Bryan A. ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:21
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This week on the show, we are chatting with Kenai born & raised (and currently anchorage based) newcomer, Keeley Boyle, about her awesome debut EP,...

Bought by KHNS, KTNA, and Raven Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week are are diving into a big ol stack of new music from the likes of St. Vincent, Local Natives, The Mavericks, Royel Otis, and more!

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, KSTK, and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This week we are talking to James Glaves - an Anchorage musician & producer with quite a bit of street cred. He has toured with bands in the lower ...

Bought by KHNS, KNBA, KTNA, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Trees, menorahs, and hair caught on fire.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:29
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Minnesota singer/songwriter Skarlett Woods joined us for an in-studio performance and interview on January 25, 2023.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 32:13
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Will you visit your library this summer? To kick off a season of reading, we thought we'd have some fun! How many Brooklyn and library trivia quest...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:49
Caption: Signal Auto crafts and curates signage jokes for passing motorists and prospective customers. , Credit: Matthew Schneeman
The art of writing a good joke welds a lot of power. A good joke can drive the plot of a TV sit-com, can spark political controversy … or, in this ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 06:25
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Fruit brings Richard joy, especially papaya. But the fruit cup at Richard’s senior living residence leaves something to be desired. Richard must wo...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2021
  • Length: 10:16
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Mo Beck was a professional climber who regularly won gold in competitions. But when she joined a team on a long expedition in the remote Cirque of ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 21:51
  • Purchases: 3
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According to the USDA, nearly half of all the American adults listening to this story right now will eat a sandwich today. So, how has this simple ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 06:51
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Stop everything! We've hit a breakpoint, and things are gonna get dicey. This is Episode 65 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on fav...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
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"Finding Your Way Home In A Purple Canoe" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Patrick Dobson was stuck in his life, so he decided t...

Bought by KSTK, Prairie Public, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Talking about eutectic points of solid mixtures.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Music about being 16 years old. Not 15 or 17 or any other age. Just 16 years old. A segment from the 170527 broadcasts.

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 39:12
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Enrolling in college at 40 to study art, Sharon Long had no idea an anthropology class would put her on a path to a career as a forensic artist.

Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Charlotte
Responding to his editor about why he wrote his most famous children's novel, E.B. White replied in characteristic good humor.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
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Chaya Gilboa falls deeply in love with a library book, and becomes convinced that her soulmate will have felt the same connection to the text. She ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:51
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Doug Butler is something of a Renaissance man: he’s an inventor, a tailor, an engineer. And whether he’s imagining gadgets from the future or recon...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:50
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It's a fair question. Fun little voxpop by Sean Robb. Produced as part of an audio class at the University of Montana School of Journalism.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:03
  • Purchases: 1
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:53
Caption: Wine expert Narsi David, Credit: Reese Erlich 2014 (c)
Reese Erlich unravels a family tale and explores old wine making as he opens a mysterious magnum of Sebastiani Barbera.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion, Credit: Source Audio
The MEEP! Show reviews gear from Source Audio.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:35